McConnellsburg High School - Sparta / Flashlites Yearbook (McConnellsburg, PA)

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Changes The 1982-83 school year was one of many changes. Among these changes were a new daily schedule, which in- cluded an earlier dismissal. To ac- count for the forty-five minutes that were lost, homeroom and activity pe- riod were eliminated. When the 8:12 bell rang, students reported directly to their first period class, where atten- dance was taken. Club days were in- troduced to take the place of the lost activity period. All the clubs were di- vided into Group A and Group B. Club days were held twice a month on The drivers' education car survives another summer of practice driving. The first day of school is over before you know it! designated days. The club day schedule operated a little differently than the normal schedule. Students still reported to their first period class for attendance, but in order to accumulate the forty- five minutes needed for each club to meet, periods one through five were each shortened by ten minutes. The students who were not involved in a particular club on that day were as- signed to a room and were given an activity period to catch up on their homework. These balloons begin a journey with an unknown destiny. Even though the student body was dismissed at 2:45, the faculty re- mained until 3:30. This time gave stu- dents the opportunity to stick around school a while longer to receive help with any problems they might have encountered while doing their home- work. When the new year began, stu- dents and faculty shared many anxi- eties about the new schedule. But as the year progressed, both groups be- came more familiar with the changes. 3

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4 Contents Opening.........................................3 Life............................................6 Sports Illustrated.............................16 Academics......................................42 People.........................................54 Faculty......................................56 Underclassmen................................64 Us.............................................80 Seniors......................................84 Clubs.........................................100 Community.....................................122 Advertising...................................126 Index.........................................146 Closing.......................................150 2

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Small Class Exhibits Many Aspects When you talk to most adults to- day, one gets the impression that all teenagers are basically the same. Teenagers tend to dress the same, lis- ten to the same kind of music, and participate in the same kinds of ac- tivities. But close observation re- vealed that this was where the simi- larities ended. The McConnellsburg High School class of 1983 was A TOUCH DIFFERENT. The senior class, consisting of sev- enty-two members, was a little small- er than the average graduating classes of the past. Rarely could one find such an array of personalities in such a small class. They received a welcomed addition in the form of Elke Schumacher, a foreign exchange student from Hamburg. Germany. The seniors lost certain privileges, in- cluding being able to go to lunch five minutes earlier than their underclass- men. A new acquaintance introduces himself to Carmen Headley. 4